nickel-and-dime
美式
- 【美】【口】小氣地花錢；一點一滴地消耗
- 【美】【口】便宜的；瑣碎的；微末的
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- 釋義
- vt.及物動詞
- 1. 【美】【口】小氣地花錢；一點一滴地消耗
Weekly repairs on my old Chevy were nickel-and-diming me to death. 每個星期修我那部雪佛蘭老爺車一點一滴地把我榨窮了。
- adj.形容詞
- 1. 【美】【口】便宜的；瑣碎的；微末的
I had to make some nickel-and-dime repairs on my old Chevy. 我那輛雪佛蘭老爺車需要不少零零星星的修理。
- 更多解釋
- vt.斤斤計較地對待
- adj.微不足道的; 便宜的
- a nickel-and-dime manufacturing business 製造業小企業
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